to an inch in diameter and here is the area, from bangor to boston, so new york city, philadelphia, baltimore and washington, all expecting some strong storms predominantly later tonight. fredricka, the bulk of this, the biggest access of the storms are still well west. this is just an area we've seen with the tornado warnings around metro new york ahead of this cold front and this warm, moist atmosphere, so it's a long way to go, a l of severe weather today we'll be reporting on. >> keep us posted on that all day long, thanks so much, alexandra. >> you're welcome. >>> all right, the presidential race is intensifying in two key battleground states in particular, virginia and florida. mitt romney is holding two events in virginia today and president obama is courting votes in the sunshine state. both candidates are fighting to win over undecided voters, and time to election day just 59 days now. we get started in florida where president obama kicked off a two-day bus tour there, this past hour he spoke at a college in st. petersburg near tampa. the president blasted romney's economic plan sayi